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Wolvercote, Oxford, OX2 8HX area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
448
1,473rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
567
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
9
Down 31% on 2024

Crash severity at the OX2 8HX hotspot

60 of the 448 collisions here (13%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal20.4%
  • Serious5813%
  • Slight38887%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
61
Slightly injured
504
All casualties
567

Accidents by year at the OX2 8HX hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 39 in 2001, against an average of 18 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the OX2 8HX hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202599
20241313
20231011
2022710
202188
20201112
20191317
201889
20171624
201679
20151921
20141923
20131520
20122329
20111722
20102838
20092230
20082127
20072428
20062531
20052026
20042738
20032026
20022735
20013951

Map of crashes at the OX2 8HX hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near OX2 8HX.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Wolvercote, Oxford, OX2 8HX area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the OX2 8HX hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Wolvercote
Council area
Oxford
Nearest postcode to the centre
OX2 8HX
Postcode district
OX2
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.78982, -1.27904
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
3 November 2025
Rank by collisions
1,473rd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the OX2 8HX hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A40, with 174 of 448, followed by the A44 with 114.

Collisions at the OX2 8HX hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA40174214224
2ndA44114145015
3rdA4165668006
4thA34416203
5thA4144243102
6thA31200

Towns near the OX2 8HX hotspot

321 of the 448 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Oxford.

All 448 crashes at the OX2 8HX hotspot

Newest first, from 8 January 2001 to 3 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year